[pygtk] Getting widget geometry

[Walter Leibbrandt]

Hi there,

How can I find the geometry (X, Y, width and height) of a widget (a 
gtk.TextView in this case) buried in a nested layout of Tables and 
VBoxes? The get_size_request() method always returns (-1, -1) and 
size_request() returns obviuosly wrong values (a width of 18 when it's 
at least 150). The gtk.gdk.Rectangle I get from the get_allocation() 
method also contains similar values (-1 for x and y and 1 for width and 
height). The get_window() method also returns None for all values of the 
parameter and the TextView's props.window is also None.

The TextView's "realize" and "show" events have been fired before I try 
to access this data.

If it is relevant in any way, I want to use this information to move 
different window so that the bottom left corner of the TextView lines up 
with the top left corner of the window (I'm creating a "fake" drop-down 
box).

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Walter

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